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Rafael Cobos
Rafael Cobos López (born 1973) is a Spanish screenwriter and playwright. He is a recurring co-scribe of Alberto Rodríguez's films. He has won two Goya Awards (for ''Marshland'' and '' Smoke & Mirrors''). Biography Rafael Cobos López was born in 1973 in Seville. After starting studies in medicine, he dropped out and switched to a degree in audiovisual communication. Together with Rodríguez, Cobos has penned the screenplays of the films '' 7 Virgins'' (2005), ''After'', ''Marshland'' (2014), '' Smoke & Mirrors'' (2016), '' Prison 77'' (2022) and the television series '' La peste''. He has also participated in the writing of Kike Maíllo's ''Toro Toro may refer to: Places *Toro, Molise, a ''comune'' in the Province of Campobasso, Italy *Toro, Nigeria, a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria *Toro, Shizuoka, an archaeological site in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan *Toro, Zamora, a ''m ...'' (2016). References {{Screenwriter-stub 1973 births 21st-century Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Sebastián International Film Festival
The San Sebastián International Film Festival ( SSIFF; , ) is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spain, Spanish city of Donostia, Donostia-San Sebastián in September, in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country. Since its creation in 1953, it has established itself as one of the 14 "A" category competitive festivals accredited by the FIAPF, of which it has one of the lowest budgets. It has hosted several important events of the history of cinema, such as the international premieres of ''Vertigo (film), Vertigo'', by Alfred Hitchcock (who attended the Festival) and the European premiere of ''Star Wars (film), Star Wars''. It was the first festival attended by Roman Polanski and has helped advance the professional careers of filmmakers such as Francis Ford Coppola, Bong Joon-ho and Pedro Almodóvar. José Luis Rebordinos has served as the director of the festival since 2011. History The festival was founded on September 21, 1953. Non-Spanish la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Peste (TV Series)
''La peste'' (''The Plague'') is a Spanish historical drama television series created by Alberto Rodríguez Librero, Alberto Rodríguez and Rafael Cobos for Movistar+. It tells a crime story set in the 16th century Seville during an outbreak of the bubonic plague. The series premiered on 12 January 2018 on Movistar+'s VOD service and on Cero (TV channel), #0. Before it first aired, on 30 September 2017, it was announced that it had been renewed for a second season, which premiered on 15 November 2019. Premise "During an outbreak of the bubonic plague in the magnificent Seville of 1597, Mateo, a former soldier, returns, honouring his word to find and extract a dead friend’s son from the city. Previously, Mateo had been forced to flee the city to save his life, having been sentenced to death by the Spanish Inquisition, Inquisition for printing forbidden books. Before he can complete his task, Mateo is arrested by the Inquisitor’s bailiffs, who promise to pardon his life in excha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Male Screenwriters
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21st-century Spanish Screenwriters
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1973 Births
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Toro (film)
''Toro'' is a 2016 action thriller film directed by Kike Maíllo starring Mario Casas, Luis Tosar and José Sacristán. Plot All of the action takes place within 48 hours. Reuniting after 5 years, two brothers, Toro and López (the former has just got out of jail while the latter was fleeing from law enforcement alongside his daughter after a theft), embark on a journey across Andalusia. Cast Production The screenplay was co-penned by Fernando Navarro and Rafael Cobos. The film is an Apaches Entertainment (Apache Films), Atresmedia Cine, Zircozine, Escándalo Films, Maestranza Films and Ran Entertainment production, with the participation of Atresmedia, Movistar+, TVG and Canal Sur Televisión. Production also featured the association of Media 2013-Back up Media and it had support from ICAA, ICO, Junta de Andalucía, and Xunta de Galicia. Shooting began by January 2015. It was shot in between Galicia (including Vigo, Pontevedra, Cerceda and Ourense) and Andalusia (i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kike Maíllo
Enrique "Kike" Maíllo Iznájar (; born 3 June 1975) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He is best known for '' Eva'', which won him the 2011 Goya Award for Best New Director. Biography From 1994 Maíllo studied at the Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya ( ESCAC). His degree project was the short film ''Las cabras de Freud'', with Tristán Ulloa in the lead role. Since 2000 he has taught screenwriting and directing the ESCAC. Filmography ;Feature films * '' Eva'' (2011) * ''Toro Toro may refer to: Places *Toro, Molise, a ''comune'' in the Province of Campobasso, Italy *Toro, Nigeria, a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria *Toro, Shizuoka, an archaeological site in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan *Toro, Zamora, a ''m ...'' (2016) * '' A Perfect Enemy'' (2020) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maillo, Kike 1975 births Living people Mass media people from Barcelona Spanish film directors Spanish screenwriters Spanish male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prison 77
''Prison 77'' () is a 2022 Spanish historical thriller drama film directed by Alberto Rodríguez from a screenplay co-written with Rafael Cobos which stars Miguel Herrán and Javier Gutiérrez. Set in the late 1970s in Barcelona's Modelo Prison, the plot consists of a critical revision of the so-called Transition in Spain, focusing on the plight of inmates imprisoned on common charges claiming for an amnesty that, unlike the case of fellow political prisoners, never came to pass. The film opened the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival on 16 September 2022, to be released theatrically in Spain a week later. It earned 16 nominations at the 37th Goya Awards, winning in five technical categories. Plot Taking place from 1976 to 1978, during the so-called Transition, the plot is inspired by the real attempted prison break from Barcelona's Cárcel Modelo attempted by 45 inmates in 1978, after a rebellion led by the Coordinadora de presos en lucha (COPEL). The fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seville
Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Seville has a municipal population of about 701,000 , and a Seville metropolitan area, metropolitan population of about 1.5 million, making it the largest city in Andalusia and the List of metropolitan areas in Spain, fourth-largest city in Spain. Its old town, with an area of , contains a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising three buildings: the Alcázar of Seville, Alcázar palace complex, the Seville Cathedral, Cathedral and the General Archive of the Indies. The Seville harbour, located about from the Atlantic Ocean, is the only river port in Spain. The capital of Andalusia features hot temperatures in the summer, with daily maximums routinely above in July and August. Seville was founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After (2009 Film)
''After'' is a 2009 Spanish drama film directed by Alberto Rodríguez which stars Guillermo Toledo, Tristán Ulloa and Blanca Romero. Plot The plot tracks three friends (Julio, Manuel and Ana) nearing their forties with a sort of Peter Pan syndrome and lives full of full of dissatisfaction and loneliness. After they meet up, they embark on an attempt to enjoy the night full of sex, drugs and alcohol. Cast Production The film is a Tesela PC and La Zanfoña Producciones production. Featuring a budget of around €2.5 million, filming began on 23 June 2008 and wrapped in September 2008. It was fully shot in Seville. Release ''After'' screened at the 4th Rome Film Festival on 17 October 2009. Distributed by Alta Films, it was theatrically released in Spain on 23 October 2009. Reception Javier Ocaña of ''El País'' wrote that Rodríguez's remarkable fourth feature film, consisting of "a journey into the depths of the night", and "led by three superb performances", i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7 Virgins
''7 Virgins'' () is a 2005 Spanish crime film directed by Alberto Rodríguez which stars Juan José Ballesta and Jesús Carroza. The film follows Tano, a juvenile delinquent in Seville that is given parole for a weekend. Plot In Seville, 16-year-old delinquent Tano is granted a 48-hour parole. His older brother José picks him up and invites him to his wedding, on the condition that Tano behaves himself over the weekend. However, shortly after arriving home, Tano steals money from his family and goes to a shopping mall with his friend Richi. There, Richi pickpockets a stranger, who quickly realizes the theft, prompting a chase by mall security. After narrowly escaping, Tano scolds Richi, warning him that further trouble could put him in permanent imprisonment. The pair then encounter José María, a man Richi has previously scammed by selling him a broken phone. José María demands his money back, but Richi persuades him to give the phone another chance. At a bar, Richi propos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
